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Um, I think in small ball NBA, a 6'9" post player (Scola) would be great against the small teams.
Rytas has signed Zukauskas to play center next year instead of Javtokas.
Lithuanians newspapers (from what I've understand) say that javtokas will play for Spurs next year.
Um, I think in small ball NBA, a 6'9" post player (Scola) would be great against the small teams.
Oberto is like 6'8 and he was still sitting on the bench.
It's about speed.
If Spurs spend the MLE on Javtokas and Scola or Evans, Rasho and/or Barry will be traded for some trade exceptions or expiring contracts.
If they don't get Magloire, I think Toronto might be a destination for Rasho. Colangelo wants traditional players as well as small ballers -- he did get Grant, Kurt Thomas and Pat Burke after all. Eric Williams and Araujo are in the last years of their deals and not really used.
When I think of athletic big man in Stern's new era I think of Kirilenko, DRob, Ben Wallace level athleticism particularly if you want to play two bigs, one being Duncan and still match up well with what Dallas and the Suns throw at you. Javtokas strikes me as being a bit stiff. Maybe good around the baskt but struggle away from it. The guy we should have gotten is Varejao. Mahinmi sounds like the guy we need but he's not ready.
The ironic thing is the Spurs used Varejao as a smoke screen so they could get Beno.
That really worked out well
Javtokas on the scale of athleticism is closer to David Robinson than to Rasho Nesterovich.
I think Toronto came to an agreement in the last couple of days with some Euro big man, of course I don't know what his prospects for playing time are.I think Toronto might be a destination for Rasho.
How does anyone come to an agreement at the end of May?
Garbajosa is a 6'9" PF, not a C.
Yep, Garbajosa but he is a 6'8" PF.
It's been said it's a done deal -even if unofficially- at 3 years, 12M.
Apparently this is the time of year for Euro signings/negotiations. Nothing official, but that's the news on the euro-ball sites, that whoever it is will be playing for Toronto.
Following the injury, Javtokas is still athletic by NBA standards. He is lithe enough of foot to keep up with small ball.
He just is no longer the prodigious athletic freak he once was. And he's not exactly highly skilled out there.
So Toronto still needs a center.
Ok.
It's not only related with his injury.
He was listed at 205lbs when he was drafted and now he should be 260-270 lbs.
Spurs should trade Scola for a draft pick that would get them in a position to draft Tiago Splitter. That kid has the level of athleticism you nedd in a small ballbig man. I might be mistake but I don't think he has too long a contract left with Tau.
It's just a matter of days before Splitter makes his annual pullout from the draft. Even if we trade for a mid 1st-rounder, none of those guys from this ty are really going to help immediately.
Those videos of him don't make him look real fast running down the court.
Possibly Splitter would stay in if he had a guarantee.
Feh, his stock coldn't be any higher than this summer.
Splitter doesn't look that good to me. Decent but not the answer to any problems.
I think it's already been said he's pulling out of the draft anyway.
He weighs that much???
For somer reason, I always see the games where Splitter sucks ass and makes Kornel David look like a better prospect.
Yeah, we must be watching the same games. Everytime I watch him he looks like a poor man's Adam Keefe out there.
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